The peak audience came during the broadcast’s second preliminary-card fight, which saw “The Ultimate Fighter 11″ winner Court McGee submit fellow middleweight Ryan Jensen. Tom Lawlor earned a decision victory over Patrick Cote in the night’s first and other Spike TV fight.

The broadcast drew strong numbers in key demographics, including a 1.42 rating among men 18-49 and a 1.42 among men 18-34.

To date, Spike TV has aired a dozen “UFC Prelims” broadcasts. UFC 121’s, which was bolstered by the return of Brock Lesnar and his title fight with Cain Velasquez on the PPV portion of the card, tied for third all-time with 1.5 million viewers. The previous two airings, which came with UFC 118 and UFC 119, finished tied for seventh (1.3 million) and 12th (1.1 million), respectively.

The full list of “UFC Prelims” broadcasts and ratings, as compiled by MMAjunkie.com. includes:

1) UFC 109 (February 2010): 1.7 million viewers

2) UFC 114 (May 2010): 1.6 million viewers

3) UFC 108 (January 2010): 1.5 million viewers

3) UFC 121 (October 2010): 1.5 million viewers

5) UFC 104 (October 2009): 1.4 million viewers

5) UFC 103 (September 2009): 1.4 million viewers

7) UFC 119 (September 2010): 1.3 million viewers

7) UFC 116 (July 2010): 1.3 million viewers

7) UFC 115 (June 2010): 1.3 million viewers

7) UFC 106 (November 2009): 1.3 million viewers

11) UFC 111 (March 2010): 1.2 million viewers

12) UFC 118 (August 2010): 1.1 million viewers

The UFC first offered a PPV teaser broadcast for UFC 103, when the UFC
went head-to-head with a boxing PPV broadcast featuring Floyd Mayweather
vs. Juan Manuel Marquez. The specials proved effective enough at
generating last-minute PPV buys that officials from the UFC and the
organization’s longtime cable partner decided to make them a regular
offering.

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